Making small differences

Waste not; want not.

Unemployment has left me with an opportunity to create, dream, think and learn.  I wanted to be home for my children, but, I struggled with the financial aspect of this...how in the heck was I going to feed my kiddo's?

Well, a year ago, I discovered an old, broken Singer 401a sewing machine...and I fell in love!  I knew that I could make her run again...so I did!  And this machine is, truly, amazing to me.  I've owned sewing machines for many, many...(way too many) years and I've come to realize that the "new" machines do NOT hold up as well and they are very expensive to repair.  I'll take an "old-school" machine any-day!

I saved this Singer from the landfill...the dump, the garbage...the previous owner claimed that it was "just a piece of junk" and I FIXED IT!  This sparked a deeply rooted 'mission'...  I would do everything in my power to reduce, recycle, re-claim, re-use and rescue usable stuff...from a life sentence in a landfill.  

So...I sew.  I create unique bags, purses, totes, belts, jewelry...whatever I can come up with...out of 'trash'.  I continue to be stunned by the stuff that people discard.  I will continue to make a Tote-all Difference...one stitch at a time.

Feel free to contact me at toteall.julie@gmail.com

xoxo
Julie